Inside, our 2019 tourist resort guides with maps, key information, places to go, things to do, and covering all of the resort centres in Ibiza and Formentera.
booking.wrong Holiday booking goliath booking.com have come under fire for enticing Ibiza homeowners to act illegally and register their homes for tourist rental. New legislation in the Balearic islands strictly forbids the rental of unlicensed homes to the tourist sector. The new rules were imposed in an attempt to halt the housing crisis of local people priced out of the rental market.
After several years of relatively ineffectual policing of homeowners breaking the rules, the balearics followed the example of Barcelona in making the companies who advertise the illegal rents responsible. AirBNB is the company considered responsible for the surge in unlicensed tourist property renting, and when they didn’t comply with the Balearic government de-
mands to cease listing unlicenced properties, they were given a huge fine of 400,000€. It seems that booking.com are undeterred by a fine of similar severity as they have been actively marketing their services to homeowners in Ibiza Town, pictured above. (Con nued on page 28)
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